Best Practices For Recruiting and Hiring the Long-Term Unemployed

Best Practices For Recruiting and Hiring the Long-Term Unemployed

Businesses succeed when their communities thrive. We recognize the benefits to our businesses, our
economy, and our country of taking advantage of the talent, experience and skills of all Americans, including
the long-term unemployed. Yet studies have shown that long-term unemployed job applicants are frequently
overlooked and sometimes excluded from job opportunities—even when they may have identical resumes
and skills to other candidates. We are committed to inclusive hiring practices and pledge to remove barriers
that may prevent qualified long-term unemployed job seekers from applying or being fully considered for jobs
at our companies by adopting or building on the following practices: